[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

[The Clamp]

Whist chancellor of exchequer, Sunak was asked repeatedly to release funds for the repair of these schools and he repeatedly refused.

A lot of the blame lies once again, at his feet.

 

[The Clamp]

It’s also juts breaking on the BBC that Sunak halved school repairs budget in 2021.

I genuinely think this latest confidence trick by the Tory party could seal their fate.

Parents, of which there are many in the U.K. do tend to like a level of confidence that the classroom isn’t going to collapse and kill their child when they send them off to school. Sorry, drop them off to school in their Chelsea Tractors.

 

[Springal]

probably whoever is responsible for maintenance and management of the estate. obvious to blame politicans, just interesting there are many different politicans involved in this matter. they all got it wrong. much is said about budgets, seems to me it's more a prioritisation issue.

Schools are woefully under funded. In my profession there is an uptake in ‘incidents’ within schools and the reason is under funding / lack of suitable measures in place

 

[Guinness Boy]

Schools are woefully under funded. In my profession there is an uptake in ‘incidents’ within schools and the reason is under funding / lack of suitable measures in place

Simple example from my son's old Academy. They are judged by their board almost exclusively on GCSE results. Challenging one paper to get a grade higher where students have been within 1-3 marks of the higher grade costs £400 per paper. If they get ten marginal papers a summer that's four bags a year just on ten pupils. Safe buildings? Pah. No league table for them....

 

[The Clamp]

Wouldn’t have happened in my day…

 

[Randy McNob]

Friends of Tory ministers hurriedly registering at companies house, "School concrete company inc" as we speak, Sunak opening up a VIP lane......

Where's Michelle Mone, chance for a 2nd yacht.......?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

probably whoever is responsible for maintenance and management of the estate. obvious to blame politicans, just interesting there are many different politicans involved in this matter. they all got it wrong. much is said about budgets, seems to me it's more a prioritisation issue.

When teachers wanted a pay rise, they were offered a pay rise, but half of the money for it, was to come out of the existing education budget, meaning repairs wouldn't be done.

‘The government hasn’t listened’: teachers in England criticise pay offer

Delegates at NEU conference are angry that school budgets would be expected to fund most of wage rise

www.theguardian.com

Many different politicians but Michael Gove's move in 2010 has to be one of the biggest culprits.

Concrete scandal: Michael Gove slammed for 'ditching' school rebuilding plans in 2010

It seems the devastating cuts to public spending made by the Tories in the past decade have started catching up with them.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

 

[A1X]

It’s also juts breaking on the BBC that Sunak halved school repairs budget in 2021.

I genuinely think this latest confidence trick by the Tory party could seal their fate.

Parents, of which there are many in the U.K. do tend to like a level of confidence that the classroom isn’t going to collapse and kill their child when they send them off to school. Sorry, drop them off to school in their Chelsea Tractors.

I bet Eton isn't at any imminent risk of falling down on those kids' heads

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Sunak in huge trouble here.

Tories have been looking for an excuse to plunge the knife and install a true believer

Sunak will need a good conference to last the year in my opinion

 

[Machiavelli]

Bored now bud...

Here's some nice music to alleviate your boredom:

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[The Clamp]

Hunt saying they will do whatever it takes and spend whatever it costs to fix schools.

Too late. You had the chance to do all that and you declined.

Plus, you caused the crisis. So don’t get all hero on us now, as if you’re here to save the day. You caused this crisis by failing to live up to your responsibilities for over a decade.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Pre-1980 RAAC roof planks are now past their expected service life, so this would’ve been known and should’ve been catered for in rebuilding budgets.

 

[Mental Lental]

Good article here about a struggling headmaster trying to run a school in Oldham....

One year in a struggling British state school

Battered by the pandemic and the rising cost of living, UK schools like Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham are at the front line of a profound national crisis

www.ft.com

The UK government is failing more and more of it's citizens day by day. Then, when Labour or whoever take over next year and are saddled with the responsibility of fixing this mess, the Conservacunts will just bray from the sidelines about what a shit job they're doing.

 

[A1X]

Hunt saying they will do whatever it takes and spend whatever it costs to fix schools.

Too late. You had the chance to do all that and you declined.

Plus, you caused the crisis. So don’t get all hero on us now, as if you’re here to save the day. You caused this crisis by failing to live up to your responsibilities for over a decade.

He also spent the weekend saying "no money for it", so clearly seeing the backlash has decided actually they do have to do something about it

 

[The Clamp]

He also spent the weekend saying "no money for it", so clearly seeing the backlash has decided actually they do have to do something about it

Despicable bunch of snakes.

 

[A1X]

Our glorious leader has spoken

 

[beorhthelm]

Good article here about a struggling headmaster trying to run a school in Oldham....

One year in a struggling British state school

Battered by the pandemic and the rising cost of living, UK schools like Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham are at the front line of a profound national crisis

www.ft.com

The UK government is failing more and more of it's citizens day by day. Then, when Labour or whoever take over next year and are saddled with the responsibility of fixing this mess, the Conservacunts will just bray from the sidelines about what a shit job they're doing.

a story about a 20yo school with dilapidation, repair budget being repurposed to other areas, trying to adress wider social issues, tells us a complex story.

 

[pb21]

Our glorious leader has spoken

Not a big problem then.
It's only 5% of 22,000 schools that have any issue, could be much worse, people need to get some perspective.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Nasty piece of work.

 

[The Clamp]

Following in Johnsons’s footsteps.

Rishi Sunak perhaps not being completely upfront about his role in the crisis.

Gillian Keegan says nothing more important than pupil and staff safety after apology for outburst over concrete crisis – as it happened

Education secretary gives statement to Commons on Raac after being caught on camera swearing about lack of credit for her work

www.theguardian.com